Harness-saddle



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S. S. K'URTZ. HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 484,801. Patented Oct. 25, 1892.

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s. s. KURTZ. HARNESS SADDLE.

W12 WESSE'S UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEWART s. KURTZ, or oANToN, OHIO.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 484,801, dated October 2-5, 1892.

Application filed February 8, 1892. Serial No. 420,654.. (N 0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEWART S. KURTZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Saddles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, mak-.

ing part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in harness-saddles, the object of which is to provide a light yet strong and durable saddle especially adapted for speeding horses; and it consists in providing a tree in which is provided a throughway or channel in which the back-strap may be free to move endwise or be removed for examination or renewal, and, further, to provide a groove in which the terret-nut may be passed to the aperture provided to receive the shank of the terret and to hold the nut against rotation.

WVith these ends in View my invention relates to certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will he hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a view in perspective illustrating my invention; Fig. 2, a similar view of a fragment of a harness-saddle, showing detail of construction and Fig. 3 is a cross-section showingthe groove in which the terret-nut is placed, the shoulders or ledges that support the upper edges of the back-strap, and the flanges by which the channel is extended below the body of the tree. Fig. 4.is a longitudinal central sectional view of the saddle, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the skirt.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Calling attention to Fig. 2 of the drawings, from which the skirt and jockey has been omitted to better disclose the construction of the body portion A of the saddle, which may be made of any suitable material, preferably of malleable cast-iron, said body having an upwardly-projected portion, as a, forming an inverted groove b to receive the terret-nut c, and having therein ledges or shoulders d to support the upper edges of the back-strap B and to hold the strap apart from the nut c. To continue the channel b a distance below the wings or side portions 6 of the body A, downwardlyprojected ribs fare provided, which serve to stifien the body, as well as to protect and guide the edges of the back-strap. At the lower end of the channel I) the parts are transposed to form an upwardly-exposed groove h, the bottom of which is formed by a web portion 2', connecting the shoulders d. The web portion extends a distance below the body A, and to which is secured a tongue-piecej out from the skirt 0, said tongue extending a distance between the ribs f and is secured to the extension by a rivet, as shown in Fig. 1. At the central portion of the saddle-frame is provided a bridge k, as shown in Fig. 2, over which the back-strap is passed and upon which it is supported and slides when moved in the channel I).

In trimming the upper central portion of the skirt is cut away, forming two upwardlyprojected prongs j, that rest on the flange portion e of the body A, the jockey resting on the top portion a and the upper pronged portion of the skirt, the lower end of the jockey extending a distance below the channel I), in A which position the before-mentioned parts are secured by tacks n, driven through the perforation o, provided in the flanges c of the body A. The back-strap is placed in position shown by passing one of its ends in under the end of the jockey and into the channel I) and over the bridge is and down through the channel on the opposite side. To secure the terret to the saddle, the lower end portion of the jockey is raised, the terret-nut passed under and up into the channel to the aperture m, provided for the terret-shank, when the threaded portion of the shank is turned into the nut, as shown in Fig. 1, at which point the back-strap has been disposed to show the nut; or, if preferred, the seat may be removed and the nut passed into the groove or channel from above. The seat is secured in position by a screw passed up through the frame into the seat in the usual way. 7

Having thus fully described the nature and the object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

A harness-saddle consisting of a saddle-tree having side wings or flanges 6, channels or grooves b and i, one above and the other beof the tree by rivets, terret-nuts located between the ledges, terrets screwed into said nuts, and a back-band strap resting upon the ledges between the ribs fand spaced apart 15 from said nuts, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of February, A. D. 1892.

STEWART S. KURTZ. Witnesses:

W. K. MILLER, CHAS. R. MILLER. 

